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Alex Ballinger vs Patricia Ferguson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alex Ballinger and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 12 different votes 379 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No
13 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 11 No
Transport 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 96% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 25 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
37 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
25 Aye 1 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

76.7%
4% above average
Rank 268 of 650
Participation
79.4%
7% above average
Rank 211 of 650
488
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
505
636 eligible divisions
233
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
257
50.9% of votes cast
255
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
248
49.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.6% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
-2.0 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 650
Appearances
116
+19.0 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
172
+2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 208 of 650
Contributions
160
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£211,093
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£211,093
7% below average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Benefits
31 of 32 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
30 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API